Match Centre

Saturday January 3rd, 1931

Football League Division Three (South)

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

A. Woodward (1' o.g.), J. Eddleston (90')

Watford

Watford

1

G. James (80')
A. Woodward (1' o.g.), J. Eddleston (90')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 3,958

G. James (80')
W.J. Lewington
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
4
LOW
5
COCKBURN
6
BRAITHWAITE
7
CRUICKSHANK
8
EDDLESTON
9
MORRIS
10
RICHARDSON
11
KIRBY
1
HOLLAND
2
BROWN
3
DAVISON
4
SMITH
5
McBAIN
6
WOODWARD
7
CHAPMAN
8
BARNETT
9
JAMES
10
MILLER
11
PICK
Swindon Town
1Harry COPE
2Harold STANSFIELD
3Hector GIRVAN
4Dave LOW
5Will COCKBURN
6Ted BRAITHWAITE
7Alec CRUICKSHANK
8Joe EDDLESTON
9Harry MORRIS
10Frank RICHARDSON
11Norman KIRBY
Manager/Head Coach
Sam ALLEN
Watford
1Tom HOLLAND1
2Bill BROWN2
3Joe DAVISON3
4Frank SMITH4
5Neil McBAIN5
6Arthur WOODWARD6
7Billy CHAPMAN7
8Tommy BARNETT8
9George JAMES9
10Peter MILLER10
11Billy PICK11
Manager/Head Coach
Neil McBAIN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday January 3rd, 1931:

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 2-5 Brentford Brentford
Coventry City Coventry City 4-0 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient
Exeter City Exeter City 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Fulham Fulham 3-1 Notts County Notts County
Gillingham Gillingham 2-3 Torquay United Torquay United
Luton Town Luton Town 1-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Newport County Newport County 5-2 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Watford Watford
Walsall Walsall 6-0 Thames Thames

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday January 3rd, 1931:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Notts County Notts County 24 10 3 0 39 9 5 3 3 22 21 15 6 3 61 30 2.03 36
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 23 9 1 0 46 13 4 4 5 22 32 13 5 5 68 45 1.51 31
3 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 6 3 1 16 5 6 3 4 25 18 12 6 5 41 23 1.78 30
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 8 2 1 23 7 2 7 3 16 20 10 9 4 39 27 1.44 29
5 Southend United Southend United 23 9 0 1 32 14 4 2 7 15 23 13 2 8 47 37 1.27 28
6 Fulham Fulham 23 9 3 1 33 13 2 2 6 13 30 11 5 7 46 43 1.07 27
7 Brentford Brentford 24 6 2 4 35 21 5 2 5 22 24 11 4 9 57 45 1.27 26
8 Swindon Town Swindon 24 10 2 1 39 16 2 0 9 10 34 12 2 10 49 50 0.98 26
9 Torquay United Torquay United 24 8 2 2 34 18 3 1 8 18 38 11 3 10 52 56 0.93 25
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 23 6 4 3 22 12 3 2 5 20 31 9 6 8 42 43 0.98 24
11 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 23 9 0 3 40 14 1 2 8 13 27 10 2 11 53 41 1.29 22
12 Coventry City Coventry City 22 7 1 4 40 20 2 3 5 10 20 9 4 9 50 40 1.25 22
13 Exeter City Exeter City 23 5 5 1 25 16 3 1 8 16 34 8 6 9 41 50 0.82 22
14 Gillingham Gillingham 23 5 4 3 26 15 1 4 6 13 26 6 8 9 39 41 0.95 20
15 Clapton Orient Clapton Orient 22 8 1 3 33 18 0 3 7 4 24 8 4 10 37 42 0.88 20
16 Luton Town Luton Town 23 5 3 2 22 12 2 3 8 8 25 7 6 10 30 37 0.81 20
17 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 24 5 2 3 24 21 2 4 8 17 39 7 6 11 41 60 0.68 20
18 Watford Watford 23 5 3 5 25 20 2 2 6 17 26 7 5 11 42 46 0.91 19
19 Walsall Walsall 22 4 4 4 31 24 2 2 6 18 29 6 6 10 49 53 0.92 18
20 Thames Thames 23 6 3 2 17 11 0 0 12 8 48 6 3 14 25 59 0.42 15
21 Newport County Newport County 23 6 1 4 29 19 0 1 11 16 50 6 2 15 45 69 0.65 14
22 Norwich City Norwich City 23 5 3 3 21 11 0 1 11 6 33 5 4 14 27 44 0.61 14